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When Albums Ruled the World
Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album. The LP allowed popular[...]
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Landfill Harmonic
Landfill Harmonic- The world sends us garbage... We send back music.
Landfill Harmonic reveals a mind-boggling, inventive effort to change that - musical instruments made from trash. In the barrios of Paraguay, a humble garbage picker uses his ingenuity to craft instruments out of recycled materials - and a youth orchestra is born. Music arises[...] Watch Documentary Online Now
A Joyful Slog
This is a music documentary looking at some of Ireland's DIY bands and culture over the last twenty years or so. It is a Dublin Community Television production and was made by the Community Of Independents collective that works with the channel. Featuring live footage and audio of various Irish artists as well as insightful[...]
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Iceland: Beyond Sigur Rós
Idiosyncratic, intelligent and involving, Iceland: Beyond Sigur Rós (2011), Serious Feather's latest not-for-profit film production, is a memorable celebration of Iceland's dynamic and diverse contemporary independent music scene. Filmed in full HD, the 30 minute documentary features insightful interviews with Haukur Magnússon, flamboyant editor of Reykjavík's Grapevine Magazine, Ólafur Arnalds, world renowned pop-classical composer and music[...]
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Take One – Swedish House Mafia
A unique film charting the extremes, excesses, highs and lows of international DJ trio Swedish House Mafia 2 years, 15 countries, 285 gigs… one unique film. TAKE ONE is a hedonistic rollercoaster that offers a glimpse into the work, play and lifestyle of Swedish House Mafia, the electronic group that have fast become one of the hottest[...]
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The States of Exit
This is the first in a series of DJBroadcast documentaries, produced by 'Opslaan Als'. It zooms in on the Serbian Exit Festival, the people behind it and their continuing struggle to organize a wide variety of events under difficult circumstances. Counter culture as a means of progress in society. Directed by Kevin Boitelle & Sander van Driel[...]
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Seeking Elvis
American humorist Dave Barry said it best: "Eventually everybody has to die, except Elvis". In many ways in both culture and the law, Elvis Presley never really died. Today, after more than 35 years since Elvis Presley's death in 1977, the "King of Rock and Roll" lives on to profit, both for the owners of "Dead Elvis", Elvis Presley[...]
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Manchester: Beyond Oasis
A brief and bold introduction by Writer/Director, Brett Gregory to his latest work in the Beyond Series: “documentaries exploring the world of independent music at the beginning of the 21st century”. The film demonstrates that independence and diversity are thriving in the Manchester music scene and that mostly this is achieved with little or no financial[...]
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Amen Break
This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate[...]
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The Genius of Mozart
‘The Genius of Mozart’ recreates the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756–1791). Charles Hazlewood, a popular composer and presenter brings an insightful, educational dimension to this historically accurate docudrama. The story begins with the Mozart’s father Leopold with whom Mozart had a zealous and tortured correspondence. Mozart’s music and his inspiration behind them are given a[...]
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David Bowie: Sound and Vision
David Bowie: Sound & Vision' portrays the life of David Bowie, popularly known as The Chameleon of Pop. The film documents Bowie’s revolutionary career, troubled personal life and current achievements in music. Bowie rise to fame and his unorthodox and revolutionary methods have formed an aura of enigma that have earned him a lot of publicity.[...]
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Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Naqoyqatsi and Chronos
First experimental documentary filmmaker Godfrey Reggio is from 1983-shot mostly in the desert Southwest and the city of New York on a small budget, no script, then attracting the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and obtain the indispensable musical contribution of Philip Glass-happy college students on the midnight circuit and fans of[...]
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Scratch
Wicky wicky wicky. We have all heard this sound effect if you have listened to music in the last 25 years. The scratching of a vinyl record is key to most all hip-hop songs. Scratch is a 2001 documentary chronicallying the lives of several famous "turntabalists" who subscribe to a sub-genre of hip hop called[...]
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Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers
"Surplus: terrorized into being consumers is an award winning Swedish documentary about consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg.
It looks at the arguments in favor of capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency, more time and less work, and argues that these are not being met, and never will be.
The[...]
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